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How To Use A Raspberry Pi as a Web Server

The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little device. A powerful compact computer that is quiet and low power consumption makes it nice for many tasks. One such for me is a web server with PHP and MySQL. In this post that’s exactly what we are shooting for, a web server. First let’s make sure we are up to date.  $ sudo apt-get update Install Apache and PHP  $ sudo apt-get install apache2 php5... read more

Install Tomcat 7 and Java 1.7 on CentOS 6 RHEL 6

In this post we will cover how to install the Apache Tomcat 7 and jre 1.7 on CentOS 6 and RHEL 6. This process doesn’t use the rpm’s from the Redhat repositories, but uses the latest tar balls from Apache and Oracle. We will also be using service accounts to control Tomcat and its processes. Download latest Tomcat from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi. Version 7.0.40 is the curent... read more

How to Fix Flash Player Crashing on Firefox 20

After a recent upgrade of Firefox to 20.01 Adobe Flash player starting crashing on sites. After Googling around I found that most were saying to upgrade or downgrade Flash. Tried them all with no change until I ran across a suggestion to install the debug version of Flash which did the trick. Download the Windows Flash Player 11.7 Plugin content debugger (for Netscape-compatible browsers) (EXE, 17.21MB)... read more

Disappearing Space on Windows 2008 R2 Caused by System Volume Information and Shadow Copies

Recently ran into an issue where a 400 GB drive was showing low space but looking at the files found that only 20 GB was being consumed. Upon checking on the drive turned on show hidden on the server in a folder called System Volume Information. The System Volume Information folder is a hidden system folder that the System Restore tool (XP, Vista/7/8) uses to store its information and restore points, it... read more

How to clear ARP Cache in Windows 2003 / 2008

There are many tools and different ways to troubleshoot TCP/IP network issues. One of those steps could involve clearing the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) cache. One area where clearing the ARP cache can help is if you are seeing web pages not loading, ability to ping certain IP addresses. Clearing the ARP cache is easy to do. Open a a command prompt Start > Run > type cmd and click OK. Enter in... read more

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